1940-1944 -United States of America, Plaintiff v. The Pullman Company, et al., Defendants. U. S. District Court, Pennsylvania, Eastern District. Civil Action No. 994 - Railroad Company Files Obtained by the U. S. Department of Justice - Boston and Maine Railroad
Scope and Contents note
Suit docket volumes, 1945-1980, and records of court cases involving the Pullman Company, dating primarily from 1941 to 1980. Of particular note are records of Civil Action No. 994, the anti-trust suit filed by the U.S. against Pullman in 1940, including printed briefs, motions, opinions, etc., indexed Pullman Company documentation files, railroad files obtained by the U. S. Dept. of Justice, and working papers (containing many historical statistics). Also well documented is the " Denver Case, " a class action suit filed in 1968 by Earl A. Love on behalf of porters-in-charge, requesting pay equivalent to that of conductors for equal work. Other court cases involve operating agreement disputes, employee insurance-related class actions, an Order of Railway Conductors strike injunction and job loss protest, and a Pullman Railroad Company property dispute.
For labor union - related arbitration and court case records, see Record Group 06/01/05, Federal Labor Mediation and Court Records, Pullman Company Archives.
Creator
- From the Collection: Pullman Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Pullman Company records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
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